Teen Stabbed Outside Minnesota Ave. Metro Station

WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- A 19-year-old male was stabbed just outside the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station on the 4000 block of Minnesota Avenue NE on Sunday.

WMATA's spokesperson Dan Stessel said that at approximately 6 a.m., two males who appeared to be waiting for the station to open became engaged in a verbal altercation.

Stessel added, that at some point the argument became a physical fight and the 19-year-old male was attacked with a knife. The male was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the suspect is being described only as a black male.

Metro police are looking at surveillance video to learn more about the incident.